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2 unusual facts about Enid Lyons


Enid Lyons

At the same election, Dorothy Tangney (later Dame Dorothy) was elected as a Labor Senator for Western Australia, the nation's first woman Senator.

She was also one of only two Australian women to receive two damehoods (the other being Dame Nellie Melba).


Women's National Emergency Legion

At this time Dame Enid Lyons was the patron of the Legion and its advisory committee included the Premier of Queensland, Forgan Smith, and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alfred James Jones.


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